What are your favorite movies

Plain and simple. What are your favorite movies. James Bond, Star Wars, Steel Magnolias(yeech). What type of movies do you never miss when they come on. Do they match your personality. I will start. My favorites are the old technicolor musicals starring Carmen Miranda. Greenwich Village, The Gangs All Here, Down Argentine Way, to name a few. I can watch them all day and I also have a 5 DVD set. People are amazed when they hear that. It would be great to be in a world like that. Like Jimmy Buffett said, "They Don`t Dance Like Carmen No More"

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I have a tie for my most favorite. Shawshank Redemption and Tombstone. Anytime they are on tv I will stop down and watch. I love a good story and when acting is done right you believe in the character you're watching.

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Wow thats a open ended question,I could be here awile,right of the top of my head I will say the first movie I think of is The Hunt for Red October,I am not going too put up any more as I may bore some people.

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Without a doubt 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy. Read the book and seen the films many times and never tire of doing either.

Star Wars comes a close second.

Roger

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” -Plato Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. (George Bernard Shaw)Do, or do not. There is no try. (Yoda)

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Sandra Bullock movies, Julia Roberts movies and Bruce Willis movies. That covers just about every genre out there. The actors/actresses make the movies for me. As for all time favorites without those actors/actresses in them... Grease and Silence of the Lambs. Again - totally not related to any other specific movie type. I have no clue what that says about me. LOL!

Art and beauty are in the eyes of the beholder.What constitutes excellent music is in the ears of the listener.

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There are many, but I enjoy films that are shot well, have a good story to tell, and are edited well. Many modern movies are not shot at all, but computer generated graphics. I don't dislike those, but it makes it hard for them to be favorites - though there's one glaring exception in the list.

Star Wars - the first one releasedThe Maltese FalconThe African QueenHarveyUnforgivenThe Princess BrideBecause I am male, "Smokey and the Bandit" must be included. I also want a '76 black & gold TA.

There are many others.

"Forced means you're painting a train blue." - Jets60"If it comes from the heart and you add a few beers... it'll be awesome!" - Mekidsmom"Don't ever apologize for what you have worked hard for." - Pete BensonOfficial recipient of B chord amnesty.

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Aresenic and Old Lace - Cary Grant versionThe Outlaw Josey Wales

"Forced means you're painting a train blue." - Jets60"If it comes from the heart and you add a few beers... it'll be awesome!" - Mekidsmom"Don't ever apologize for what you have worked hard for." - Pete BensonOfficial recipient of B chord amnesty.

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My favorite is an old 1940's film , Woman in the Window. It stars Edward G. Robinson. It could never be redone today and do this film justice. The ending is totally unsuspected , best overall movie I've ever seen. Beats out all the westerns I'm hooked on. If you like old movies you have to see this one.

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The Outlaw Josie Wales and Forrest Gump have been mentioned, but I remember being on the edge of my seat watching Jaws and The Exorcist. And who couldn't like Redford and Newman in The Sting?

Like Amie, I have had a few favorite actors that always seem to appear in great movies: Rod Steiger (Dr. Zhivago, On the Waterfront, Waterloo, No Way to Treat a Lady), Dustin Hoffman (Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Rain Man, Little Big Man) and Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Good Bye Girl, Mr. Holland's Opus) are probably my three favorites.

DE

"If Einstein hadn't discovered the theory of relativity someone else would have because its a basic science truth. Same for Watson-Crick and DNA. But if Beethoven hadn't written "Moonlight Sonata", no one else would have. If Van Gogh hadn't painted Starry Night, no one else would have."

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I am a sci fi fan so I would have to pick the 1st releases of Invasion of the body snatchers,War of the worlds,Logans run,Star Wars,Alien and three of the follow ups but all John Wyane movies,Clint Eastwoods early movies and Russell Crows Master and Commander are in my DVD collection there are many more including Silence of the Lambs

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I'm with Russell - I LOVE 1950's sci-fi. I own copies of The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, It Came from Beneath the Sea, 1953's War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, Them, both versions of The Thing (from another planet), 20 Million Miles to Earth and so on. I adore the Ray Harryhausen special effects.

Randy

Hank's prosepctive gutiar player said: "Mr Williams, I'm not sure I can play for you, the onliest chords I know are C D & G"Hank repleis, after a short pause: "Well, what else is there?"

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Cool Hand Luke, & the Famous Quote from it " What we have here is a Failure......... to Comunicate."Once Upon a Time in the WestGood the Bad & The Ugly and all the other Spaghetti WesternsOne Flew over The Cuckoos NestThe ShiningEasy RiderNo Country for Old MenJerimiah JohnsonThe Sting

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I love Bond movies, and I think the new Bond has been the best Bond, but even that franchise has been slipping. Too much furious typing and not enough shooting and fighting.

Anyway, the list.

BabeSe7enThe Road to Perdition, if they fade it to black just before the ridiculous voiceover at the end which kind of stains the whole film.The Terminator (original)Predator (original)Alien (original)Starship Troopers (yes, I went there)The Wind that Shakes the BarleyCaddyshackJoe vs the VolcanoZero Dark Thirty

The Mel Brooks Memorial sectionBlazing SaddlesThe ProducersThe History of the World, Part ISpaceballs

I'm not much of a western fan, but I'm a fan of Clint Eastwood as a director, so I'm going to add

UnforgivenThe Outlaw Josey Wales ("I will endeavor to persevere" is still my favorite response to being asked to do the impossible)Letters from Iwo JimaGrand Torino

The cute indie movie section

Safety Not GuaranteedValley of the SunPentacost (Irish short)

And the Documentaries!

Loving LampostsThe WarningMonarchy (History of the british monarchy going back to pre-roman invasion)This Film Not Yet RatedWhore's GloryThe Medicated ChildIf a Tree FallsArmadilloRestrepro

Those last two are the best statements about the current wars I think that have ever been made. Filmed without commentary from the filmaker, the imagery and subject matter speak for themselves.

Movies I hate with the heat of a thousand suns, primarily because I am the father of two awesome daughters.

Pretty WomanAnything associated with "Sex and the City"Legally BlondThe entirety of the Twilight franchise, in any form.

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I love Dennis Hopper, too. His bit in True Romance was awesome. And I've recently started watching "24" with Kiefer Sutherland, and while that show is laughably bad, his appearance at the end of season 1 made it worthwhile.